crabbier; crabbiest
informal
: easily irritated : peevish and irritable : grouchy
a crabby recluse
He gets crabby if he doesn't have his morning coffee.
She was in a crabby mood and got a certain amount of satisfaction out of pushing her sister's buttons.—Isis Crawford
crabbiness
noun
… the waiters have shed Stalinist crabbiness in favor of Parisian-style contempt for the customer.
—Kati Marton
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